Forums work well for some things, not so well for others. My own experience is that narrow-subject low volume forums, are fine - sports clubs, residents associations, that kind of thing. High-volume/wide-ranging forums I find distracting - loads of new posts each visit, which I have to check to see if they're something I need to read/reply. Contrasted to a high-volume mailing list, coming in on a good client like gmail - I can see from the subject line if it's something I need to read/reply to. Horses for courses.
Just my 2-eurocents, Anton On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 6:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, are we talking about the *same* Forums here?! What could > *possibly* be easier to understand, to follow, and to participate in? Truly > I'm baffled by your comments! > > Hayford > > As for people not using the Forums for discussion of matters of importance > -- in my opinion that is primarily *their* loss, not Citizendium's. The > people whose opinions and views most of us value will use the Forums. > > Hayford > > Wow, Hayford, forgive me, but are you ever wrong on that one. I know from > personal struggle how hard it is to have even the smartest people understand > how to use a discuss list. Impossible, sometimes. And the inability to grok > the arcane and 35 year old list mechanism is in no way related to the > quality of comments or views or opinions. In fact, we want ALL opinions and > input and experiences, and without the benefit of wide input, the loss is > most definitely very wide. It's a loss to all of us. > > Perhaps a gentler approach with our fellows would be more productive? > > Michael Spencer ASLA > www.msadesign.com > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
